Residents rally against Tokyo’s bid to host Olympics (March 5, 2013)
 70% of LDP Dietmembers oppose TPP (March 4, 2013)
 Citizens learn about FTA’s negative impacts on South Korea (March 4, 2013)
 JCP Kami demands transparency from nuclear research center (March 3, 2013)
 1,700 people participate in Bikini Day rally (March 2, 2013)
 Gov’t submits ID system bill (March 2, 2013)
 Gov’t excludes F-35s from arms embargo (March 2, 2013)
 Ordinance bill to ‘keep an eye on’ welfare recipients attracts popular criticism (March 2 & 5, 2013)
 Total of 8.63 million call for better learning environment (March 2, 2013)
 Gov't appetite for TPP contradicts LDP pledge (February 20, 2013)
 Lift ban on election campaigning on Internet for voters, not business entities: JCP (February 23, 2013)
 Promising US things that erode public interest is unacceptable: Shii on Abe-Obama summit (February 24, 2013)
 Actions against TPP take place throughout Japan (February 25&26, 2013)
 Shii demands gov’t support for wage hike (February 20, 2013)
 Gov’t should raise minimum wage and support SMEs: JCP Daimon (February 21, 2013)
 Diet debate reveals ‘Abenomics’ is fraying  (February 25, 2013)
 More newspapers agree on need of wage hike (February 25, 2013)
 TEPCO bars Akahata from press corps at Fukushima Daiichi (February 21, 2013)
 Nuclear accident victims demand free medical checks for radiation exposure (February 21, 2013)
 Nuclear plants sitting on active faults endanger people’s safety[Editorial] (February 22, 2013)
 Decontamination workers in Fukushima suffer from threats of violence (February 21, 2013)
 TEPCO execs had legal obligation to avoid nuclear energy: shareholders in court (February 22, 2013)
 Hakodate City Assembly objects to Oma nuclear plant construction (February 23, 2013)
 Chiba governor has cozy ties with TEPCO (February 24, 2013)
 Rate of non-regular workers hits record-high (February 20, 2013)
 Employers move to terminate employment contracts before labor law revised (February 22, 2013)
 Court finds denial of application for welfare assistance to be illegal (February 21, 2013)
 Mothers push mayor to provide daycare services to more children (February 23, 25 & 26, 2013)
 Training of guides to Hansen’s disease sanatorium urgently needed (February 26, 2013)
 Japan should make law banning discrimination against disabled and ratify UN treaty (February 26, 2013)
 Mitsubishi Electric pockets profits despite ‘penalty’ (February 20, 2013)
 Residents push DM to remove plutonium from local facility (February 26, 2013)
 Nago mayor determined to win 2nd term to get new base construction cancelled (February 21, 2013)
 Okinawa to appeal directly to President Obama to remove Ospreys (February 23, 2013)
 US Navy worker arrested for alleged assault: Okinawa ( February 24, 2013)
 Citizens petition Dietmembers to remove dance regulation  (February 21, 2013)
 New arena for Olympics will force wild birds out (February 21, 2013)
 Gov’t to exempt North Korean schools from tuition-free program (February 20, 2013)
 This week’s JCP international activities (February 26, 2013)
 Abe in policy speech just repeats what he promised US (March 1, 2013)
 Ospreys to conduct first low-altitude training on mainland Japan (March 1, 2013)
 No guarantee of protection in TPP talks: JCP Inoue (February 28, 2013)
 NRA approves guidelines on nuclear emergency in defiance of public opinion (February 28, 2013)
 Concrete paving work at World Heritage site arouses public anger (February 28, 2013)
 Top-down moral education is ineffective (February 28, 2013)
 Gensuikyo holds Bikini Day national rally and international forum (February 28 and March 1, 2013)
 2 US sailors plead guilty of raping a Japanese woman (February 27, 2013)
 JCP Tokyo assemblyperson demands more certified childcare centers (February 27, 2013)
 Society with lack of access to higher education for economic reasons has no future[Editorial] (February 27, 2013)
 This week’s JCP international activities (February 27, 2013)